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HomeMy WebLinkAbout06/20/2007CITY OF APPLE VALLEY PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES June 20, 2007 1. CALL TO ORDER The City of Apple Valley Planning Commission meeting was called to order by Chair Jeannine Churchill at 7:00 p.m. Members Present: Jeannine Churchill, Frank Blundetto, Keith Diekmann, Thomas Helgeson, Tom Melander, and Dave Schindler Members Absent: Tim Burke Staff Present: Community Development Director Bruce Nordquist, City Attorney Sharon Hills, Associate City Planner Kathy Bodmer, Assistant City Engineer Dave Bennett and Planning Intern Nick Meyers. 2. APPROVAL OF AGENDA Chair Jeannine Churchill asked if there were any changes to the Agenda for June 20, 2007. There being none, Chair Churchill called for approval of the agenda. MOTION: Commissioner Dielcmann moved, seconded by Commissioner Schindler, to approve the Agenda. The motion carried 6-0. 3. APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF JUNE 6, 2007 Chair Churchill asked if there were any changes to the minutes. There being no changes, Chair Churchill called for approval of the minutes. MOTION: Commissioner Diekmann moved, seconded by Commissioner Schindler, to recommend approval of the minutes of the June 6, 2007, meeting. The motion carried 6-0. 4. CONSENT ITEMS A. Receive and accept Industrial Land Use Study. Chair Churchill asked if the Planning Commissioners had any outstanding questions regarding this item. She asked if staff wanted to make further comments. Community Development Director Bruce Nordquist explained that the Planning Commission has received multiple presentations of the industrial land use study over the last several months and has used it recently to make land designations for properties north of County Road 42. Nordquist discussed that the city attorney would like the Planning Commission to accept the industrial land use study. S:\planning\PLANCOMM\2007 agenda & minutes\062007m.doc MOTION: Commissioner Melander moved, seconded by Diekmann, to recommend accepting receipt of the study entitled Apple Valley Off~ceQndustrial Market Potential Apple Palley Office/Industrial Market Potential and acknowledging the following: 1. The study's findings are being used in the City's land use decision making process. 2. Additional land use decisions and policies will be generated from the study's findings and recommendations. The motion carried 6-0. 5. PUBLIC HEARINGS A. Dog Day Getaway C.U.P. -Public hearing to consider an amendment to an existing condifional use permit to allow for an increase in the number of dogs from 35 to 80. Chair Churchill opened the public hearing with the standard comments. Associate City Planner Kathy Bodmer explained that the owners of Dog Day Getaway, located at 6950 146th Street West, are requesting an amendment to their existing conditional use permit which would allow them to expand their business. The CUP for the 39' x 11' (429 sq. ft.) fenced outdoor "pet relief' area placed a maximum capacity on the dog daycare facility to 35 dogs. They are expanding their business and would like the CUP amended so that the maximum capacity is 80 dogs. The potty area is fenced and located on the southeast corner of the multiple tenant office/warehouse building. Commissioner Helgeson requested clarification on the current square footage of the facility and what will be added. Nicole Lushine, co-owner of Dog Day Getaway, stated that the existing facility is currently 4,480 sq ft and the new area is 2,200 sq ft. Helgeson mentioned that the expansion will be approximately 50 percent and the allowed storage of dogs will expand more than 50 percent. Carrie Edwards, co-owner of Dog Day Getaway, stated that the current space contains areas such as lobby and wash rooms that do not allow for storage of dogs. The expanded space will allow for storage of dogs in 80 percent of the space. Chair Churchill asked if anyone from the public would like to address the Commission, and if so, they may do so at this time. No comments were received from the public. Chair Churchill closed the hearing and stated that although it is the policy of the Planning Commission not to act on an item on the same night as its public hearing, because there were no comments from the public and the Planning Commission had no outstanding issues, the Planning Commission could take action this evening. She asked if the Commission was comfortable moving the item forward and then called for a motion on the request. MOTION: Commissioner Diekmann moved, seconded by Melander, to recommend approval of an amendment to Resolution No. 2004-173 Approving the Conditional Use Permit for Outdoor Pet Relief Area in Conjunction with a Dog Daycare Use and Attaching Conditions at 6950 - 146th Street West with the following conditions: S:\planning\PLANCOMM\2007 agenda & minutes\062007m.doc 1. The Conditional Use Permit shall apply to property legally described as Lot 2, Block 1, Apple Valley Business Center. 2. All of the conditions set forth in Resolution No. 2004-173 shall remain in full force and effect unless specifically addressed below. 3. Condition #4 of Resolution No. 2004-173 shall be amended to allow the maximum capacity of the dog daycare facility to be 80 dogs. 4. A downspout which directs storm water away from the outdoor pet relief area shall be installed for the roof drain located within the fenced outdoor area. 5. Any spraying of the outdoor area shall be directed first to the infiltration bed before it is discharged onto the parking lot. The motion carried 6-0. B, Hillcrest Acres Rezoning -Public hearing to consider rezoning of Lot 7 from Planned Development 679, Zone 2 to Planned Development 679, Zone 3. Planning Intern Nick Meyers presented the request from RLK Associates for the property generally located at the southeast corner of 151st Street West and Foliage Avenue, The petitioner is requesting a rezoning of Lot 7, Block 1, Hillcrest Acres from PD-679, Zone 2 to PD-679, Zone 3. The current zoning on Lot 7 allows for a variety of commercial and retail uses, but does not allow service bays for the installation of auto accessories. The requested rezoning to Zone 3 would allow auto accessory service bays as a conditional use. Meyers also explained that additional uses such as car wash, motor fuel sales, and drive-thru windows in conjunction with a Class II restaurant, subject to the restriction that no more than two restaurants be allowed in the zone, would also be allowed under the new zoning classification. Meyers explained that the rezoning would allow a Discount Tire, a tire sales and installation business, to locate on Lot 7. Meyers also discussed the anticipated development of Lot 7 will contain three developed lots with Discount Tire being the first development. There was a site plan that was approved by the City on May 12, 2005, which allowed for construction of two 9,940 sq. ft. buildings and one 19,330 sq. ft. building on Lot 7. Meyers stated that the anticipated development will be consistent with this plan that was already approved by the city. Commissioner Diekmann asked what would be given up if Zone 2 is replaced with Zone 3. Meyers explained that nothing would be given up. However, it would allow for one more drive-thru on Lot 7 (seven). Commissioner Melander asked whether Discount Tire would be able to locate on Lot 7 without the zoning amendment. Planning Intern Meyers said no. Erin Helmquiest, RLK, introduced himself to the Planning Commission and explained why the zoning amendment is being requested. He stated that rezoning the lot from Zone 2 to Zone 3 would allow more flexibility in uses. He stated that the rezoning would specifically allow more restaurants and offices. In addition, the rezoning would allow for freestanding buildings. S:\planning~PLANCOMM~2007 agenda & minutes\062007m.doc Commissioner Helgeson asked whether a traffic study was done on going from a Zone 2 to Zone 3. Planning Intern Meyers said no. Chair Churchill asked if anyone from the public would like to address the Commission, and if so, they may do so at this time. Tim Giaski, 15243 Flora Circle, had a concern about where the road leaves the site to the southwest and if they would lose the pond. Planning Intern Meyers said they would not lose the pond since they will need to have retention on site. Martin Bradshaw, 15424 Flora Circle, had a few questions pertaining to screening of the site, the need for a road on the southwest portion of the site, and the possibility of a quick service restaurant or any other uses on the site. Planning Intern Meyers stated that at the time of the project a landscaping plan would be required and screening would be a must to help separate the site from the residential uses. Chair Churchill further clarified that as part of a development plan a Landscape plan would be required and screening would be a must. Planning Intern Meyers stated that the plan being displayed was only a concept as part of the sketch plan and at this point only rezoning is being requested. Chair Churchill stated that the road shown has been shown on previous plans and currently are not looking at actual development proposal. Marc Veda, 15258 Flora Circle, had a concern about the overall site plan with the intersection of the southern road that does not line up with street intersecting to the west. He was also concerned about the height of the road and headlights from southbound cars shining into the residential area. Chair Churchill stated that if the questions cannot irnrnediately be answered, staff will bring answers back at the next meeting. Some of the questions will not be able to be answered until a development plan is submitted to the city. Kim Bazker, 15271 Florist Circle; said she was concerned about the volume and noise of truck traffic coming into that area and how the trucks would access the buildings. Her other concern pertained to the number of side streets and feels a traffic study for the site would be beneficial. Teresa Reding, retail broker on behalf of Fischer family, explained the history of trying to sell Lot 7 to an appropriate user, which has been difficult to market because of its long and narrow shape. Jr. Box retailers have been approached, Reding stated, but because of restrictive reciprocal easement the users that can go onto the site is limited. She also discussed that Home Depot as the only anchor for the development attracts a large percentage of men and makes the site less appealing to retailers that generally rely on women as their customer base. Rezoning the property will provide more flexibility and help to make the site more marketable. She hopes the community would support the zoning amendment and stated that the Discount Tire store is not a traditional auto use: Commissioner Blundetto does not like the use at this site. He believes motor uses belong in auto- oriented areas of the City. He was also concerned about the concept site plan that shows more than S:\planning\PLANCOMM\2007 agenda & minutes\062007m.doc two doors in and out of the building which goes against what the City has imposed on another company in the past. Erin Helmquiest, RLK, stated that he has discussed the concern with representatives of Discount Tire and they plan on making some modifications as they come forward to try and address some of the concern. There being no further comments, Chair Churchill closed the public hearing with the standard comments. She informed the audience that the petitioner and staff will review the questions and issues raised at the public hearing and will bring back the answers at an upcoming meeting. 6. LAND USE/ACTION ITEMS A. Uponor Expansion -Consider site plan review/buildingpeanit authorization to allow fora 17,700 sq ft manufacturing expansion and 1,700 sq ft resin receiving addition. Associate City Planner Kathy Bodmer presented the request from Uponor North America located at 5925 148th Street West for Site Plan Review/Building Permit Authorization for an expansion that will include a 17,700 square foot addition to the manufacturing area and 1,700 square foot addition to the resin receiving area. The manufacturing addition, located. along the northeast side of the building, will have seven dock doors located on east side of the building. The resin receiving area, which is located along the south side of the building, currently has one dock door and will add three more doors. Bodmer discussed that to accommodate the addition of the manufacturing area, parking will be relocated from the site of the manufacturing addition and the lot north of Everest Avenue to a lot farther to the east. A concrete pad will be constructed for truck maneuvering in the area of the dock doors. The petitioner has provided a parking calculation that shows Uponor can accommodate parking without constructing all of the parking at this time and would like to leave some of the parking as proof of parking. Parking near the training center has been added and parking near the resin area will be reconfigured to accommodate the addition. Regarding the screening, Bodmer stated that staff has some concern with visibility of dock doors along 148a' Street. There is currently some mature vegetation that screens the area, but this will have to be removed to accommodate the addition. Staff is suggesting that the petitioner demonstrate adequate screening be installed or a screening wall be constructed. Commissioner Melander asked if there were any issues with coverage on the site. Associate City Planner Bodmer said no, they are well within the required coverage. The zoning district has building coverage maximums and with impervious surface they have to demonstrate that infiltration is adequately sized. Chair Churchill asked if the petitioner would like to add anything. S:\ptanning\PLANCOMM\2007 agenda & minutes\062007m.doc Dan Huse, Uponor North America, stated that he agrees with the staff report, but wanted to make one clarification pertaining to the restriction of overnight outdoor storage. Huse said that Uponor is a 24 hour facility and has no overnight period, so they would like clarification that states they will not store trailers for an extended period of time. Darin Burckhard, Professional Design Group, discussed the site plan pertaining to the parking requirements. Commissioner Blundetto asked whether Uponor was confident in its ability to meet the screening requirements along the resin area. Brookhart stated that they would like to use vegetation by placing larger evergreen trees and berming up the area as much as grade will allow. If that does not work they would be use a screening wall. Chair Churchill asked Bodmer about clarifying condition "f' in the staff report about storage of trailers. Bodmer stated that the main concern would be using trailers for storage. Commissioner Helgeson suggested that condition "f' in the staff report be adjusted to state no storage of trailers for an extended period of time, up to 18 hours, or clarify a number that would work for everyone. Dan Huse. stated that they are looking for a reasonable amount of time and they currently have a very large warehouse in Burnsville that is over 30Q000 square feet that has adequate space to store trailers. Helgeson asked if 18 or 24 hours was reasonable amount of time to move trailers. Huse discussed that storing trailers is not beneficial to their operation and a 24 hour limit would be a workable number. Commissioner Blundetto stated that he felt that any limit, even 24 hours, is not needed. Commissioner Diekmann also felt the same as Blundetto that a time limit is not needed. Diekmann also asked if the relocation of the training facility at Uponor would open up any more space "for manufacturing. Dan Huse stated that this wing of the building would be used for engineering offices if the training facility is located off site since it is not constructed adequately for manufacturing. Commissioner Melander said he understands Blundetto's concern about having a time limit, but feels that there should be a time limit even if it is further extended. Commissioner Helgeson suggested that dropping the time limit could be perceived as being stricter and completely limiting any storage on the site. Commissioner Blundetto asked the petitioner what time period would be sufficient. Dan Huse stated that 48 hours would be a reasonable amount of time. MOTION: Commissioner Helgeson moved, seconded by Commissioner Schindler, to recommend approval of the site plan building permit authorization to construct an approximately 17,700 sq ft manufacturing addition and a 1,700 sq ft resin receiving addition on the Uponor building at 5925- 148th Street as shown on the plans received in City Offices on June 11, 2007, in conformance with all applicable City codes and standards, subject to the following conditions: 6 S:\planning\PLANCOMM\2007 agenda & minutes\062007m.doc 1. The petitioner shall provide a landscape bid list that confirms that the value of the landscape plantings meet or exceed 1-1/2% of the value of the construction of the building based on Means Construction Data. 2. The landscape plan shall be amended as recommended by the City's Natural Resources Coordinator in his June 15, 2007, memo. 3. The grading/drainage/utility plan shall be amended as recommended by the City's Assistant Engineer in his June 15, 2007, memo. 4. The petitioner shall provide calculations that verify that the infiltration area is adequately sized. 5. The petitioner shall execute an amended license agreement for the maneuvering area on the north side of the site located within the City's 60' wide drainage and utility easement. 6. No extended (greater than 48 hour) outdoor storage of vehicles or trailers shall be permitted, except at the dock bays. 7. The all rooftop screening shall be architecturally compatible with the design of the building.- 8. A screening wall shall be installed adjacent to the resin receiving area unless the petitioner can demonstrate to the City's satisfaction that the dock receiving area including hocks parked at the dock doors, is sufficiently screened from 148th Street. The motion carried 6-0. 7. OTHER BUSINESS A. Update on Regent Senior Building and Legacy North Development in the Central Village. Community Development Director Bruce Nordquist informed the Planning Commission that Hartford Development is proceeding with their plans for the Regent Senior Building and expects to bring their project back to the first meeting in August. Commission Blundetto asked whether Augustana had been selected to be the operator of the Regent building. Nordquist stated that two or three other providers are also being considered. Commissioner Blundetto said he asked because he was concerned about Augustana being able to develop their 7-acre vacant parcel south of their Apple Villa facility on 147th Street. 8. ADJOURNMENT MOTION: Commissioner Helgeson moved, seconded by Schindler, to adjourn the meeting at 8:30 p.m. The motion carried 6-0. S:\planning\PLANCOMM\2007 agenda & minutes\062007m.doc